Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-06-24
SEVENTH DAY kDVENTiSTs.


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A Beautiful day and a liveIy scene In
Gamp-Eurther Particulars of the
Meeting.
Mitchell. June 2 3-Hhe CAMP presents
a lively scene this morning as hundreds
Of people busy themselves by arranging
their temporary homes between the
various services at the Rlahd pavilion.
Ia adIition to the appointments and
decorations mentioned yesterday we
notice an illuminated arch erected over
the %enterance with the motto 'oome in
on the outside aud "come again" on the
inside and between the entrance and the
pavilion, a ladies reception tent, for the
accommodation of strangers and ladies
with small children. =
The managers of the camp seem dis
posed to make the stay of campers and
visitors as agreeable as possible end are
succeeding admirably.
With reference to the standing of the
this people, would further say that they
fully alive to the interests oil education,
having several colleges and other schools
established all of which are in q flourish
ing conditions. They also stand in the
front rank of temperance workers, upon
which subject they are 80 radical as not
to stop with abstinence from %intoxicst-
ing drinks, bat wage an unrelentlng war
fare upon hurttul indulgences. With
their temperance work they connect the
subject of hygiene, the principles of which
are practically illustrated and enforced
in the largest and best equipped s~snitar-
ium in the world, at Battle Greek, Mich,
owned and controlled by tits people and
managed by j. Fl. Kellogg, M. d., q
man of wide reputation as an author and
a scientist. They have also another in
s~titution of the same character, on the
Pacific coast.
The meeting now beng held here ls
only one of the the fifty or more to be
held in different states this season.
These meetings are of great imprortance
to this people and are attended by
several of the leading speakers of the
denominations. This meeting is al
ready favored with the presence of
Elders E. 81. F~arnsworth, of lowe, G. Ii.
Unny and s. johnson, of Minnesota, and
81. Shultz. of Nebraska, beside the min
listers belonging to the conference of
southern Dakota, among whom we
observe Elders A. D. Olson, of Mitchell,
G. e.. Smith, of Aberdeen, s. a. Ellis,
of Iroquois, J. O. Mlkklesen, of Milbank
Jacob Relswig. OF Midtown, and 8. B
Whitney, of Btid9ewater.
Another session of the conference wal
held at 10 O'Clock this morning, at which
the following committees were appoint.
ed, viz: Upon nominations, M. Stremen.
j. A. Chilas, O. Keiswig; upon resolu
tions, Elder G. FL. Smith, Elder r. NJ
KilgoD, Prof. w. W. Prescott: upor
credentials of ministers, s. b. " hitney
Elder j. Reiswig, j. J.. Devereaax. New
churches were admitted at Ellsworth
Chrisbard, Huron, WATERFOWL, Lakeside
and Rapid City.
Last evening discourse vas aivel
in the pavilion upon the subject of tn,
religious amendment to the Unite'
States constitution, in which it wa
shown that o large and influential part.
is forming, who are laboring to secur
such an amendment as will place "al
christian laws, institutions, and usage
of our government, upon al undeniabl,
legal basis in the fundamental law Q
the land.